. >>> the editorial of the new york times is urging the obama administration to treat edward snowden as a whittle blower and offer him clemen ski. it's acknowledged that he stole documents but the paper says he's done a great service to the country by exposing the government's lack of respect for privacy. the white house has rejected a clemency plea saying he should return to the u.s. to face trial. >>> the dozens of people stuck in the ice in antarctica since christmas eve have been rescued. a helicopter ferried the 52 scientists and tourists to an australian ship today. but their journey home is just getting started. they shouldn't expect to be in australian before the mid -- before mid month at the earliest. >> it's about four to five days' passage. she then has a few days of operation there to complete a reply operation for crazy, that is -- casey. that's weather depent and. >> the crew will stay there until the ice breaks up and the ship can move again. >>> well, speaking of cold, there's going to be some cold temperatures throughout much of the country, just not here. we're loo